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I almost wrote "suck" omglolwhatever.

I am in college. This is all you need to know. I should switch my degree from Thing-That-Could-Potentially-Earn-Me-A-Lot-Of-Money-But-I-Kinda-Hate to Thing-I-Really-Like-That-May-Or-May-Not-Be-A-Wise-Career-Move...

Y/N?

First question is how sure you are about the thing that might earn a lot of money. Further investigation might reveal that it's not that great, which would make the decision easier. (I'm thinking in particular of a friend who went to law school...)

Basically it's people saying, "Oh, _____ makes really good money!"

Which is half the reason I went into that program. Thanks, mom...

You got in for shit reasons.

I can promise you if you don't like what you do at all, you are going to spend a huge chunk of your life miserable. Assuming you don't burn out before the program is even done.

depends on whether you have contacts that might put in a good word for you, how's the market where you live, which specific careers, how adaptable and social/go-getter you are, if you are complementing the career with other skills, etc.

I do have contacts. I have been volunteering at a place that deals with option #2, and I've grown to love it, and they've been very supportive of my not knowing my ass from my elbow in the beginning.

Make a lot of money first, then use the money to go do what you prefer. Unless you really despise option one and literally could not stand it as a career for ten or more years.

I'm not even sure if I'll make it as far as "career". I'm bored to tears right now just looking over my course schedule.

That's the sign that you should get out. Now.

that's what I did-- followed my dreams~~ and that bs-- hasn't worked out great. Go with the sure thing. Live the actual dream, where you can afford to go to the doctor when you get sick.

Yeah, there's that...

This assumes yeranonny can handle the miserable coursework. I'd be intersted to know the majors though we probably wont' get that.

Do you have the time or money to double major in both (if that's a thing you're school allows you to do)?

If you only kinda hate it, maybe consider getting qualified for the moolah job, and then going back to school for the coolness degree using your fat stacks of cash $$$♥$

Seriously though, good luck figuring it out.

That...might be possible. I'm thinking about going to see an advisor tomorrow, so if I go I will definitely bring up that option. Thanks.

Re: Life and such

(Anonymous) - 2013-05-30 05:19 (UTC) - Expand

Go with the sure thing, unless you absolutely despise it. Its all well and good to ~follow your dreams~, but its pretty fucking hard to follow any dreams when you're broke.

I followed what I love and what I'm good at. I could have a future in it. I'm happy that I'm well trained in something I love. However, I do have a deep seated fear I will never accomplish anything with it and that I will be a failure and be a burden and blah, blah, blah. You get the sob story picture. Whatever.

My neighbor, on the other hand, had a career that was very well paying that he absolutely hated. He loved his home life that was made possible by his income but abhorred doing his job. He hated that job until he retired. Think of all those hours he was unhappy.

So really? The answer to your question is another question. What can you live with? Can you live with the fear or not? Can you live with that unhappiness or not?

Or hey, if it's possible double major. Take a third option.

If you're so bored with the classes that you don't think you could hack the career either, then you should probably get out of it, no matter where you go to. If nothing else you might start to fail the classes and then you won't get the career anyway.

And the thing is, these days, no career path is 100% assure. Even technical stuff like engineer and computer science has a lot of competition and risk involved.

So I guess my advice is drop the field you don't like, take up one you do, and be fully prepared to be doing something else five years from now anyway. Be flexible, basically.

(Can you double major/minor in one or the other? That way your previous credits won't go to waste and you'll still be doing something you like, plus well-rounded backgrounds seem to give you a better shot at work later on).

What are you thinking of switching to? Pretty much all liberal arts majors are equally employable (or unemployable depending on how you look at it). I switched from studio art to history and I'm so glad I did. I have a feeling due to government jobs that seem to prefer history or polisci degrees I made myself more employable than a lot of other liberal arts students, too. I didn't really think about it at the time, I just picked something I was interested in (though I didn't like it enough to continue on to grad school in the same field).

Think about it this way, a LOT of employers are only looking to see if you have a college degree, they don't require any one specific degree (I work for the state of Texas now and while a lot of other people hired in the same position as I was were history majors, there were English majors and people who majored in other things). AND you have to consider how your GPA would fare studying something you enjoy versus something you really don't care about that you're only taking because you think it will make you more employable. If you majored in engineering or something like that with a 2.5 GPA you probably wouldn't be that impressive in a field of other candidates who have 3.6 or even 4.0 GPAs.

I would be going from STEM to Liberal Arts, which for the most part my state has declared to be career suicide. I just feel like over the time I've been volunteering with this one place that deals with my new area of interest, I've made a few connections that might be better in the long run... and it'll be more fun for me.

Re: Life and such

childings.livejournal.com - 2013-05-30 00:52 (UTC) - Expand

I can only really speak from personal experience, but I did the second and my friend did the second one as well. I've always done the artsy liberal arts type of deal, but my friend switched from a biology degree (that would probably go to being a veterinarian) which she discovered she really didn't like to an art degree, which she adores and makes her happier than anything.

I think it depends on what your means are outside of this and, like others have said, how comfortable you are with either option. Will you be in considerable debt after school and will you have to pay it off pretty soon? Or are your parents paying for it/you have good scholarships/financial aid. Do you need good money right away, or can you figure things out for a little bit (i.e. live with parents for a while). Is uncertainty something you can live with? Is this career you want something you can/want to live with?

I chose the second option and got a Film studies degree. I love media/film studies and it makes me very happy to study it. However, finding work's hard. I am extremely fortunate because my parents are being very supportive with it, and have planned for years to cover my undergraduate education, so I'm living at home for the time being and I don't personally have loans to pay off. However, you might not be in a similar situation.

I worked for two years calling alumni for my university (which is a large state university). There were multiple people who ended up quitting their sure thing jobs (engineering mostly) and took up jobs that were something that they cared about (one started ranching cattle, another worked on a boat), and they seemed like some of the happiest people. The people who I spoke to who seemed to be the happiest were the ones who were fulfilled in their career and in their home life, and seemed passionate about what they did.

Ultimately, go with what feels right to you, I'd say. There's a lot of uncertainty with your future, even with the thing that could earn you a lot of money. You can go back to school if you need to. My gut, from what you're saying, is saying yes to switching your degree. If you hate the classes, it's almost a sure thing you'll hate your job. Is that something you're willing to put up with?

I will have loans to pay off 6 months after I graduate. That's always been an area of concern for me, because "get the degree, get the job" is never a sure thing. I've been networking and meeting with people in the new field for a while recently, and I feel like it's more within my grasp, even if it is a longshot. I'm just never really sure if I'm deluding myself or not.

Re: Life and such

writerserenyty - 2013-05-30 01:05 (UTC) - Expand

My first concern is that you may be equally unhappy despite what path you pick if the latter is not good for employment and you're stuck at another job you're unhappy with but with far less money.

It's always a possibility. Hmmm.

If you hate it and think it's boring now, don't do it. You'll end up regretting the money and time you spent studying for and working at something you hate. 40+ hours a week is a long time to work at a job you despise, I can tell you (although it was more of my bullying coworkers than the job itself in my case).

I quit, went back to school for my masters (yep, 2 of 'em) and instead of following my heart, I went for library science and health studies and i can't find jobs in either. I went for l.s. b/c it was supposed to be easy to find jobs (it isn't--it's flooded and they lied about all the projected retirement of the old people, who are keeping the jobs) and people kept telling me it suited me and my personality to work there (even though I wasn't all that interested in being a librarian, I thought well I'll give it a try).

I also did health studies for medical librarianship and to be a health educator. i still think it's more interesting that ls, but still can't find a job due to my lack of medical credentials--it seems like they want at least a nursing background for this, which is NO for me, not spending another 10,000 or more on this--I'm epically not suited to be a nurse.

And I still haven't found a job even though I graduated in 2008. I'm either over-or under-qualified for being a secretary, cashier, etc. And i still owe $20,000 in student loans, which, fyi, if you don't know, you can never got out of repaying even if you declare bankruptcy. I despise living w/my mother. I'm starting work as a manicurist next week (won't love it, but it'll pay the bills, i hope--I'm an introvert and this calls for salesmanship and extroversion, not looking that forward to it).

So make it worth it. pursue what you love and network like hell as a student. Get on mailing lists and see what's out there--they'll be more honest than the people trying to convince you to do the program (government websites, the school your at, etc.). Do your research now before you commit to the loans.

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